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Beit knoivnfthat I, Anios W. GRIFFITH, of Boston, in the county'of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Frames or Clothes-Driers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference4 being hadto the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, ii: which-v p Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improvement applied to a window.

Figure 2 is a view of the sliding portion detached from the frame.

Figures-3 and 4; are details of portions ofthe frameand connections.

The object of my invention is to provide a means-for hanging clothes on a'frame attached .to the ,outside 'of a window, so that the clothes may be hung out to dry, and taken in again, without the necessity oi" the person handling 'the same leaving' the room .or house; and the invention consists of a frame, which may be readily attached to the outside of a window, inA which frame are fitted to slide freely two i'exi-ble side-p-ieces, having a cord or line 'arranged across the some for holding the clothes, so that, by attaching cords to the outer ends vofA each side-piece, and passing them over pulleys n the outer ends of the frame, the clothes-line containing the clothes may be drawn out of the window by a person standing inside of the room, and, when the clothes are dry, they mayas readily be again drawn into the room.

Referring to the drawings, -A represents the` outside'of-a window-frame to which the clothes-drier is attached. B B represent two supports, provided each with a-recess. extending Ll'ongitx'idinally through the same, with a slot or opening on one side, as shown in section in iig. 4, to allow the hooks or Vfastenings d d to slide through.

On therouter end ot each of these supports is a wheel or pulley, @which may be covered by a strip of metal, 8,'for the protectionof lthe .line that passes around the pulley. y

The inner ends of the supports B are sustained'in braces, b, which may be attached in any suitable manner to the window-i'raiue.` D D represent the sides of a frame, to which the clothes-line is attached. The said sides D D are formedof leather, or some other suitable flexible material, having attached, at intervals, hooks', rings, or fastenings d d, to which the clothes-line is secured, and extending across in a zigzag direction, asshown in iig. 2. The'outer ends of the sides D D are connected together by means of two ,rigid pieces, D D',

so connected as to be made'adjustable in width, in order to adapt them to `windows oi' .different sizes.

.The rear en ds requireno rigidconnecti'ng-piece, although it may be used if found necessary. Thev sidepieces D D aremade to tso as to slide Vfreely in the recesses-.in the supports B B.k Ropes, R R, are attached to their outer ends, and,passing over the pulleys C C, extend'to the rear of tl1e frame,so that,by Iinserting the ends 'of the side-pieces D D within the recesses at their inner ends, and pulling the cords R R, the clothes-line will be drawn out to'the ends of the supports, 'when the lines may be fastened t6 the holders G G, as shown in.

iig. 1, and the side-pices and line will h'e securely held in place. 4

It is'designed to attach the clothes to the line while in the room, and they can all be drawn out upon the lines, land suspended outside thewi-hdow for drying, by pulling upon the cords R R, without the necessity of the person handling thev same going` out of the house for the purpose, and, when dry, theycan all be easily taken in again by simply loosening the cords R Rfand drawing in the side-pieces and line.

The supports B Bare secured to the window-frame bymeans of the braces c c placed above and below the same. Whenpnot in use,ithc parts may'all be compactly folded together, so as to occupy but very little space.

The lower portions, a, of the inner sides ofthe supports B, muy be covered with some thin metal to protect the Wood and allow the fastenings el to slide easily upon them.

'Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

l. The-supports B B, vconstructed with a recess and openings, in combinatioufwith the iiexible frame Dvand the fastenings d, as and`for the purpose set forth. 5

2. I claim the ilexible sliding frame D D E, as and for the'purpose specied.

3. The exible side-pieces D D, i'n combination with' the cord E and adjustable end-piecesD D', as and for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my'narnc to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' `AMOS W. GRIFFITH.

Witnesses: s

J. H. ADAMS, M. S. G. WILBE, 

